How to convert XAVC video for editing Pinnacle, Cyberlink, Sorenson Squeeze and Windows Movie Maker

In this article, you will know details about XAVC  format, and the best way to edit Sony 2K/4K XAVC on Windows editors like Pinnacle, Cyberlink, Sorenson Squeeze, Windows Movie Maker, etc.

XAVC format ——
XAVC is a brand new recording format introduced by the famous Japanese camera manufacturer Sony on October 30, 2012. XAVC is usually a video format that was introduced by Sony and extensively exist in Sony PMW-F55 and Sony PMW-F5. XAVC will be used by more and more popular HD camcorders with features of level 5.2 of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC which is the highest level supported by that video standard. XAVC can support 4K resolution (4096 × 2160 and 3840 × 2160) at up to 60 frames per second (fps).

XAVC to Windows Editor Solution ——
Since XAVC is quite new a format that most of the editing application and programs such as Pinnacle, Cyberlink, Sorenson Squeeze, Windows Movie Maker, and more, cannot run such footages. In this case, you need to transcode the the unfriendly 2K or 4K XAVC footages to other kind of popular video formats like MPEG-2, WMV, AVI, MOV, etc. for better compatibility by using the best XAVC Video Converter.

Pavtube HD Video Converer for Windows is particularly designed with future-proof technology to solve all the format compatibility issues of the new Sony XAVC files. It can help all Windows users losslessly convert the 2K/4K XAVC footages to most popular video formats as well as importing XAVC to Pinnacle, Cyberlink, Sorenson Squeeze, Windows Movie Maker, etc. for editing. Besides, this smart converting program also provides users with useful editing functions and new features such as converting 2D videos to 3D, etc.

How to edit XAVC files smoothly in Pinnacle, Cyberlink, Sorenson Squeeze and Windows Movie Maker

To use XAVC footages on Windows smoothly, the best way is to transcode Sony XAVC to Windows PC best supported codec. Now you can follow the easy steps below to convert XAVC to MPEG-2, WMV, AVI, MOV for editing with Pinnacle, Cyberlink, Sorenson Squeeze and Windows Movie Maker.

1. Download Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate, follow the prompts to install the program. Click "Add" to load XAVC video files or directly drag the files into file list.

2. Click "Format" bar to determine output format. This software has many presets for editing software, you just need to choose in the profile column.

For editing with Pinnacle, Cyberlink, Sorenson Squeeze and Windows Movie Maker, you can choose "WMV (VC-1) (*.wmv)" , "MPEG-2 HD Video (*.mpg)" or "MOV(AVC) (*.mov)" from "Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas" option.

3. If you would like to customize the video and audio parameters, you can click "settings", adjust the parameters as you want, like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sampling rate, bit rate, channels.

4. Click "Convert" to start to convert XAVC to Windows editing software.

With this Ultimate XAVC Video Converter, it becomes easy for you to convert Sony XAVC video to Windows editing software compatible file formats for editing in Pinnacle, Cyberlink, Sorenson Squeeze and Windows Movie Maker, so you are recommended to take a try.

For Mac software, like Final Cut Pro (X), FCE, iMovie and Avid Media Composer, you can convert XAVC to MOV for editing with the professional Mac XAVC Converter.

See also:

• Sony XDCAM EX Footage to Windows Editor
• Edit Canon AVCHD on Windows PC

Easily import Sony XDCAM EX Footage to Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle, CyberLink, Windows Movie Maker

Summary: This article offers a brief guide about how to transcode and transfer Sony XDCAM EX footages to Windows editing programs like Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle, CyberLink, Windows Movie Maker for editing. 

Sony XDCAM EX series camcorders, like like PMW-EX3, PMW-200, PMW-EX1, PMW 150, etc, are high-end professional camcorders which can capture high definition shootings, they can offer very high quality HD recording at a data rate of up to 50Mbps wrapped with MP4 format. While enjoying the stunning videos recorded of HD image quality, many users are having problems when trying to edit Sony XDCAM EX videos on Windows editing software, like Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle, CyberLink and Windows Movie Maker,etc. 

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The reason that we can't successfully import Sony XDCAM EX MP4 recordings to Windows Platform for editing is because of the format compatibility. Since the XDCAM EX MP4 footage is a peripheral non-standard format which is not supported by editors on Windows PC. 

In order to import Sony XDCAM MP4 footage into Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle, CyberLink and Windows Movie Maker for smoothly editing, we can render to the third-party software to help convert XDCAM EX MP4 to AVI/MOV/WMV/MPG– native format for Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle, CyberLink and Windows Movie Maker. This is the best way to help XDCAM users to edit Sony XDCAM EX MP4 on Window PC smoothly..To achieve our goal, the quickest and easiest way is to use the easy-to-use yet professional software called Pavtube Video Converter , with which, we can effortlessly and flawlessly transcode Sony EX MP4 footage to AVI/MOV/WMV/MPG for Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle, CyberLink and Windows Movie Maker editing. It is safe to install and easy to use. And you can enjoy the powerful edit function, like trim, crop, watermark for text, image and video, 3D effect, subtitles and so on. Below will show you how to 

  

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Free download and follow below step to convert Sony XDCAM EX MP4 for Windows . 

Step 1. Load Sony XDCAM EX MP4 files.You can choose "add video" directly to add the whole folder. 

 

Step 2. Select output format for video editing software. 

Click "Format" menu and choose "Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas -> MPEG-2 HD Video (*.mpg)",or select WMV/MOV/MPEG-2, you can also choose "HD Video -> AVI HD Video (*.avi)". Finally, click the file icon beside output bar, and choose a destination folder for saving output files. 

 

Step 3. Edit loaded Sony XDCAM EX MP4 files. 

Click "Edit" button and you are allowed to trim, crop, add text/image/video watermark or some effect to your output video for making it perfect. Here the function of adding subtitles to output files will contribute to make your own videos. 

Tips: Click "Settings" on the interface and you can adjust the parameters including size, bitrate, frame rate, etc. to get a high quality of output files. And keep the settings the same as original video recordings will provide you the least loss of video quality. 

Step 4. Start conversion. 

Click the "Convert" button to start transcoding Sony XDCAM EX MP4 footage for editing in Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle, CyberLink and Windows Movie Maker. When it completed, click the "Open" button to get the generated videos for your editing software. 

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Make Sony CX550V AVCHD video workable with Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas Pro, Windows Movie Maker, Pinnacle

If you are Facing the problem with importing Sony CX550V MTS to Windows PC in Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas Pro, Windows Movie Maker, Pinnacle, you can fix the issues via transcoding AVCHD video to Windows compatible format first.

Sony's flagship 2010 model, the HDR-CX550V, is a larger camcorder than its predecessor. With a $1049 price tag, the CX550 is also one of the cheaper high-end models on the market and it marks the first instance of Sony offering a 24Mbps bitrate for recording AVCHD video on a consumer camcorder.

Sony CX550V Windows solutions:

"I have just bought a CX550V camcorder, this device records AVCHD.MTS video format, now I would like to import these projects to my computer. What I want is to edit my 1920 * 1080, 24Mbps AVCHD video files smoothly without codec problems, what video codec should I use on Windows platform? Can you recommend some software which can help me import and convert Sony CX550V AVCHD videos for editing smoothly?"

As above, editing Sony CX550V MTS files on Windows PC is not an easy job as we thought. As Windows editing software like Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas Pro, Windows Movie Maker and Pinnacle are not friendly with AVCHD format and did not handle large AVCHD videos with great stability. Plus, there are so many limits you are facing like the System Requirements: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66 gHz or higher required for 1920x1080 AVCHD editing, 2GB system memory required for AVCHD and more.

To make Sony CX550V AVCHD MTS/M2TS video workable with  Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas Pro, Windows Movie Maker and Pinnacle, you only need to convert MTS to AVI/WMV/MPEG-2, the most suitable video format for editing.

Software Requirement:

Sony AVCHD MTS Converter is mainly used to transcode Sony CX550V AVCHD MTS/M2TS files for editing in Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas Pro, Windows Movie Maker and Pinnacle.

  

Features: 

• Helping you to convert Sony AVCHD MTS files to AVI/WMV/MPEG-2 with original quality. Also it supports other popular used format like MP4, DV, FLV, 3GP etc for playing back.
• Thanks to its adoption of NVIDIA CUDA & AMD APP(ATI Stream) acceleration technology, the conversion process has been accelerated up to 5 times the speed of other converters.
• With this MTS Converter, you can edit the video clips with trimming videos, deinterlacing 1080i videos, adding text/image/video as watermarks to your original files, replacing audios, adjusting brightness/contast/saturation of the imported files, etc. 

Guide to edit Sony CX550V MTS files in Pinnacle Studio, Sony Vegas and Adobe Premiere

Step 1: Free download the best MTS to Windows PC Converter and run it to add the AVCHD footages from Sony CX550V.



Step 2: Hit the Format box and select “HD Video” option on the dropdown menu and you can choose “AVI/WMV/MPEG-2” as output format for editing with Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas Pro, Windows Movie Maker and Pinnacle . Besides, you can also choose “H.264 HD Video (*.mp4) “for playing back.



Step 3: Adjust video and audio parameters, including the Bitrate of Video and Audio, the Codec of Video and Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc., by clicking the “Settings” button on the main interface for getting the best quality.

Step 4: Click the “Convert” button on the main interface to start transcoding Sony AVCHD footages to AVI/WMV/MPEG-2 for editing in Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas Pro, Windows Movie Maker and Pinnacle.

When the conversion is completed, click “Open” in the main interface and get the converted files for importing and further editing.

With this Pavtube Sony MTS Converter, it becomes easy for you to convert Sony CX550V MTS video to Windows editing software compatible file formats. Now transferring and editing Sony CX550V AVCHD in  Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas Pro, Windows Movie Maker and Pinnacle is smooth and without any problem.